Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart. — Phil Jackson
Thinking opens the doors to our minds and makes us receptive to the very idea of broadening our horizons and learning new things. — Folorunsho Alakija
Have a mind that is open to everything, yet attached to nothing. — Wayne Dyer
I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. — Arthur Hays Sulzberger
The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by. — Danny Wallace
Its about continuing to learn and being open-minded, don't ever think you know it all. — Chris Weidman
Short Being Open Minded Quotes
Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. — Martha Stewart
A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open. — Frank Zappa
The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open. — Walter Gropius
Whatever you believe, be open to being wrong — Peter Rollins
A closed mind is a dying mind. — Edna Ferber
The willingness to listen to opposing views is a sign of intellectual maturity. — Bret Weinstein
The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size — Albert Einstein
Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart. — Byron Katie
If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty. — Rachel Naomi Remen
Top 10 Being Open Minded Quotes
Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself. — Maya Angelou
I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical. — ASAP Rocky
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. — Pema Chodron
Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. — Ralph Marston
We should all be broad-minded, following the underlying trend of the times and proactively expand opening-up. — Xi Jinping
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany. — Nick Cave
I smoked marijuana for 50 yearsIt opened my mind to a lot of things, and now its active ingredient, THC, relaxes me and eases my arthritis pain. I've concluded that marijuana should be legal — Sayings
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex. — Scarlett Johansson
Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles. — Christopher Paul Curtis
It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time. — Paul Erdos
Being Open Minded Image Quotes
If you eyes are opened, you'll see the things worth seeing.
Open Mindset Quotes
I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset. — Curt Schilling
I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God's Word that showed me I wasn't living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood. — Joyce Meyer
Extraordinary performances come out of a process of continuous, regular physical and mental practice. The mindset of an extraordinary athlete is relaxed but focused and open to even higher achievements. — Chungliang Al Huang
Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.
People we are emotionally open to and close to affect us more than most people realize. If you are emotionally open to people, you will find yourself experiencing the mindset of others. — Frederick Lenz
Staying curious and open is what makes growth
possible, and it requires practice to maintain that mindset. To keep learning, we have to avoid the temptation to slide into narrow, safe views of what we do. — Scott Berkun
Scientists have shown that because positive and open mindsets produce exploration and experiential learning, they also come to produce more-accurate mental maps of the world. — Barbara Fredrickson
Don't be afraid to be open-minded. Your brain isn't going to fall out.
Since music is a reflection of our mindset and our culture, it is bound to change with time. I am glad that India is such a receiving country and is always open to all kinds of music. Our composers, singers and writers are open to experimenting. — Sonu Nigam
The mind is capable of incredible creativity and innovation. By cultivating a curious and open mindset, we can unlock our full potential. — Andrew Huberman
Open Mind Quotes
If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself. — Haile Selassie
What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities. — Mae Jemison
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. — Albert Einstein
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. — Albert Einstein
Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. — Marcel Proust
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. — Albert Einstein
An intelligent person opens your mind, a beautiful person opens your eyes, a loving person opens your heart.
The hardest thing to open is a closed mind. — Ahmed Kathrada
LSD wanted to tell me something. It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation. — Albert Hofmann
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. — Thomas Edward Lawrence (of Arabia)
Keep An Open Mind Quotes
The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change. — Malcolm X
Even people you hate deserve opinions. And sometimes they’re going to have better ideas than yours. Keep an open mind to everyone. — Markiplier
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind. — E. B. White
The trouble with having an open mind, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
I want to explore for myself and keep an open mind. There is a stigma of being a flat earther and if I'm going to do it I want to know the facts. — Logan Paul
There's an importance of keeping an open mind. The brain is programmed to protect us, and that can mean imposing limits on what it thinks we can or should do. Constantly push at those limits, because the brain can be way too cautious. — Chrissie Wellington
Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching. — Condoleezza Rice
The mind that opens up to a new idea never returns to its original size.
The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard. — Alfred P. Sloan
Sometimes incompetence is useful. It helps you keep an open mind. — Roberto Cavalli
Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind. — Gary Player
Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life. — Dale Carnegie
Opening Your Mind Quotes
Everything you do right now ripples outward and affects everyone. Your posture can shine your heart or transmit anxiety. Your breath can radiate love or muddy the room in depression. Your glance can awaken joy. Your words can inspire freedom. Your every act can open hearts and minds. — David Deida
Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light. — Ambrose
When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you. — Napoleon Hill
Dont be afraid to be open minded. Your brain isnt going to fall out!
Pick a destination, go there, be open-minded and talk to the locals. Eat the things they eat and go where they go. You don't need to be fluent, just as long as you've got a smile on your face- people will be jumping over themselves to show you the stuff they're proud of. — Jamie Oliver
Bitcoin is the most difficult property that the human race possesses or has yet invented to confiscate…I literally have to crack your head open and read your mind to take it…It’s harder to take than every other thing you might own. In fact, it’s exponentially harder. — Michael Saylor
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. — Susan L. Taylor
An open heart is on open mind.
Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it. — James Patterson
If you love all things, you will also attain the divine mystery that is in all things. For then your ability to perceive the truth will grow every day, and your mind will open itself to an all-embracing love — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Changing your mind doesn’t make you a flip-flopper or a hypocrite. It means you were open to learning. — Adam Grant
The day you open your mind to music, you're halfway to opening your mind to life. — Pete Townshend
Close Mindedness Quotes
Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort. — James David Vance
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. — Mark Twain
As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism, and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated. — Maajid Nawaz
When you open your mind, you open new doors to new possibilities for yourself and new opportunities to help others.
The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded. — Sathya Sai Baba
What makes me angry is closed mindedness, prejudice against those who are different from you, reveling in one's own ignorance. — Jinkx Monsoon
It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth. — Milan Kundera
Seek adventures that open your mind.
Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief — Napoleon Hill
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief. — Napoleon Hill
Man created language to be understood. It should be normal to understand what people convey to us. Fear, ulterior motives, and closed mindedness are the enemies of understanding. — John Fairclough
To me, anything that is a church is really just far too close minded. — Marilyn Manson
You grow old when you lose interest in life, when you cease to dream, to hunger after new truths, and to search for new worlds to conquer. When your mind is open to new ideas, new interests, and when you raise the curtain and let in the sunshine and inspiration of new truths of life and the universe, you will be young and vital. — Joseph Murphy
If you already understand your purpose, are you prepared to change your plans to match God’s will? If you aren’t, you can easily become bitter because things that used to work for you may no longer work. Be willing to transition at every stage and age of life. If your heart is open and you have an open mind, the blessings will flow. — T. D. Jakes
Who wants to leave the door open to being dominated physically by another human being? Jiu Jitsu gives you the ability to not be dominated by that person, and to me, that's real peace of mind. I don't have to worry about that when I'm walking around in the world. — Jocko Willink
How do we pick up on a signal that can neither be heard nor be defined? The answer is not to look for it. Nor do we attempt to predict or analyze our way into it. Instead, we create an open space that allows it. A space so free of the normal overpacked condition of our minds that it functions as a vacuum. Drawing down the ideas that the universe is making available. — Rick Rubin
I want to be able to look back someday and say, "I did make a difference." Whether is was to open the minds of people to think that a woman can do a good job, or whether it's the fact that so many kids out there think that they could be like me. — Antonia Novello
Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It's an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it's a way of being present in the moment. — Krishna Das
I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded. — Virginia Woolf
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved? — Carl Sagan
In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history. — Charles Darwin
I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And just having a pure heart and being a good person can bring you closer to God. Because once you believe in one particular religion fully and not others, that requires you to start disliking people who don't share your views. — Ishmael Beah
African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open-minded, pure and simple. — Herman Cain
My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. — Michelle Obama
To make a change, you must be: willing to commit, willing to change, willing to have an open mind, and willing to take action! — Tae Yun Kim
Leadership is not about being the smartest person in the room; it’s about being open-minded and willing to learn from others. — Michael Abrashoff
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let us dig our gardens and not be elsewhere;
Let us take long walks in the open air...
Let us bathe in the rivers and lakes...
Let us indulge in games...
Let us be more simple: simple and true in our gestures, in our words,
and simple and true in our minds above all. Let us be ourselves. — Robert Linssen
I like someone who embraces life; who wants to be on a long journey but has no particular plan or destination in mind. An adventurous man, open to the concept of living life in the moment. — Jill Hennessy
If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements. — Thomas Cochrane
If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly. — Chogyam Trungpa
The ideal woman to me would be the gun-toting moll. Someone who is true blue and ready to face the world. Open to ideas and suggestion, not stubborn and closed minded. — Anton Szandor LaVey
There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it. — Yanni
Joy is a return to the deep harmony of body, mind, and spirit that was yours at birth and that can be yours again. That openness to love, that capacity for wholeness with the world around you, is still within you. — Deepak Chopra
Never stop learning and adapting. The world will always be changing. If you limit yourself to what you knew and what you were comfortable with earlier in your life, you will grow increasingly frustrated with your surroundings as you age. — David Niven
The reason a person is a republican is because something is wrong with them. Again, that's science - that's neuroscience. You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a republican. — Janeane Garofalo
The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward it then becomes simple: to approach with an uncalculating mind, with an attitude of regard...be alert for its openings, for that moment when something sacred reveals itself within the mundane, and you know the land knows you are there. — Barry Lopez
Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open. — Dalai Lama
You don't have to say anything. You don't have to teach anything. You just have to be who you are: a bright flame shining in the darkness of despair, a shining example of a person able to cross bridges by opening your heart and mind. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire. — Heraclitus
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